What does an MP do when they are in government and in opposition and what is the role of law in politics.? In this episode Lucinda and Alma-Constance talk to Alma’s local MP, Karen Buck, a member of the Labour Party who has been a politician for over 25 years and was...
02 June 2023 Who gives the government legal advice about its laws? Alma-Constance and Lucinda ask Susanna McGibbon, the government’s most senior legal official in the civil service and permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department, which provides the...
03 March 2023 Why we have juries and are they a good thing?Each year about 200,000 people undertake jury service, and they play a vital role in deciding the facts and evidence in trials and inquests. Recently, Lucinda was a juror and Alma-Constance asks about her...
07 April 2022 In this episode, Alma-Constance and Lucinda hear more about the important work of tribunals which is a dispute resolution system designed to be easier, quicker, cheaper and less formal than using courts. There are 14 different types of tribunals in the...
07 March 2022 In this episode, Alma-Constance and Lucinda learn more about solicitors, their work and role in the legal system. They speak to I. Stephanie Boyce, who is the President of the Law Society of England and Wales, which represents over 200,000...
